As malaria cases continue to decline in Asia, an integrated service delivery approach is ever
more urgent to ensure that no malaria and fever cases are missed, and that malaria health …

Background Historically, malaria has been the predominant cause of acute febrile illness
(AFI) in sub-Saharan Africa. However, during the last two decades, malaria incidence has …

Malaria is no longer a common cause of febrile illness in many regions of the tropics. In part,
this success is a result of improved access to accurate diagnosis and effective anti-malarial …

The spread of viral pathogens is inherently a spatial process. While the temporal aspects of
viral spread at the epidemiological level have been increasingly well characterized, the …

The revised WHO guidelines for malaria management in endemic countries recommend that
treatment should be reserved to laboratory confirmed cases, both for adults and children …

Background Acute febrile illness (AFI), a common reason for people seeking medical care
globally, represents a spectrum of infectious disease etiologies with important variations …

A century ago, malaria was prevalent across much of the inhabited world. With
improvements in housing, environmental management, access to antimalarial drugs …

Background: Fever remains a major public health problem. In Burkina Faso, more than half
of febrile children are considered not to be infected by malaria. This study prospectively …

The recent roll-out of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has highlighted the
decreasing proportion of malaria-attributable illness in endemic areas. Unfortunately, once …

Fever is a common presenting complaint of ill children all over the world. Until recently in
Sub-Saharan Africa, fever was synonymous with a presumed diagnosis of malaria …